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Someone in the village was stabbed so they collected all the knives and waited to see which one attracted flies. This later caused the suspect to confess.
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Considered the "Father of Toxicology" due to his work with poisons on animals.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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"Father of Criminal Identification". Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate innocent burglary suspect.
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Published the first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave prove of their uniqueness.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of sceintific principals to the field of criminal investigation. Published "Criminal Investigation".
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received a Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principals within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of "Institute of Criminalistics" at the University of Lyons, France.
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Published "Questioned Documents". Developed the fundamental principals of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
